The Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral Transmission
With the present paper, I attempt to develop a new perspective on the dynamics behind oral transmission in early Buddhism, in order to account for its two chief aspects of variation and similarity. For that purpose, I examine the early Buddhist oral tradition against its Vedic background and then tu...
| Auteur principal: | |
|---|---|
| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Simon Fraser University, David See Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
2009
|
| Dans: |
Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
Année: 2009, Volume: 5, Pages: 5-19 |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | With the present paper, I attempt to develop a new perspective on the dynamics behind oral transmission in early Buddhism, in order to account for its two chief aspects of variation and similarity. For that purpose, I examine the early Buddhist oral tradition against its Vedic background and then turn to the findings of modern psychological research on the function and short-comings of memory, in order to apply these findings to the case of early Buddhism., |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1710-825X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
|